Psalms 54:3

World English Bible (2000)

For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 86:14 : 14 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don't hold regard for you before them.
  • Ps 36:1 : 1 An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."
  • Ps 40:14 : 14 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.
  • Ps 53:4 : 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don't call on God?
  • Ps 59:3-5 : 3 For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh. 4 I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me! 5 You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.
  • Ps 69:8 : 8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's children.
  • Matt 27:20-23 : 20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21 But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!" 22 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!" 23 But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"
  • John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • Job 19:13-15 : 13 "He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me. 14 My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.
  • Ps 16:8 : 8 I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
  • Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

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    4Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.

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    14God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don't hold regard for you before them.

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    3For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.

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  • Ps 3:1-2
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    1Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

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  • Ps 71:10-11
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    10For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,

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  • Ps 57:6
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    6They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.

  • Ps 54:2
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    2Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth.

  • Ps 55:3
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    3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

  • Ps 143:3
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    3For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

  • Ps 7:5-6
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    5let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

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    4Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

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  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

  • Ps 83:2
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    2For, behold, your enemies are stirred up. Those who hate you have lifted up their heads.

  • Ps 59:1
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    1Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

  • Ps 94:16
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    16Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

  • Job 30:12-13
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    12On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet, They cast up against me their ways of destruction.

    13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, without anyone's help.

  • Ps 13:4
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    1Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

    2My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

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    10They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

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    9from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.

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    3Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."

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    2Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

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    12His troops come on together, build a siege ramp against me, and encamp around my tent.

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    13Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.

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    4Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.

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    19Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.

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    20This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.

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    3They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.

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    2When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

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    45The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their close places.

  • 2 Sam 22:49
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    46The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places.

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    62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.